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Indro Montanelli
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italian journalist, essayist and writer (1909-2001)
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Indro Montanelli was an Italian journalist, writer, screenwriter, and film director. Born in Fucecchio in 1909, he began his work period in 1935 and continued until 2001. He wrote in Italian and also spoke English and French. His notable works include *General della Rovere*, *Rome*, *Storia di Roma*, *L'Italia dei secoli bui*, *Kibbutz*, and *Il testimone*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
Montanelli received several awards, including the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the War Merit Cross (Italy), and the commemorative medal of the military operation in East Africa. He was a member of the Accademia della Crusca and worked with the University of Tartu. He used the pseudonyms Marmidone, Folco Ferrasco, and Pellegrino Tirinnanzi. He died of a urinary tract infection in Milan in 2001.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 2001
- Works
- 196
Top works
- Rome
- Storia di Roma
- L'Italia dei secoli bui
- Kibbutz
- Il testimone
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Film & TV
Fucecchio, Toscana, Italy
Known for
- Eppur si muove — Self1994
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli , ( 1909-04-22 ) 22 April 1909, Fucecchio , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 22 July 2001 (2001-07-22) (aged 92), Milan , Italy
- Other name
- Cilindro ("Top Hat")
- Alma mater
- University of Florence
- Occupations
- Historian journalist writer
- Years active
- 1930–2001
- Known for
- One of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes , work at Corriere della Sera , founder of il Giornale , author of Storia d'Italia
- Notable work
- General Della Rovere (1959)
- Awards
- Order of the Lion of Finland , Princess of Asturias Awards , World Press Freedom Heroes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Fucecchio
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Employer
- University of Tartu
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- General della Rovere
- Image
- Indro Montanelli 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Indro Montanelli
- date of birth
- 1909-04-22
- date of death
- 2001-07-22
- member of
- Accademia della Crusca
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- urinary tract infection
- writing language
- Italian
- partner in business or sport
- Roberto Gervaso
- pseudonym
- Pellegrino Tirinnanzi
- name in native language
- Indro Montanelli
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- floruit
- 1935-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian, and writer.
Originally a volunteer for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and an admirer of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, Montanelli had a change of heart in 1943. He joined the liberal resistance group Giustizia e Libertà, but was discovered and arrested by Nazi authorities in 1944, along with his wife. Although sentenced to death, he was able to flee to Switzerland the day before his scheduled execution by firing squad, thanks to a secret service double agent.
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